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I am a mom that is totally out of the loop regarding gaming systems but have selected this company by its avid following and reviews.  Here's my issue. I have no idea what to order my son for his 13th b-day.  He loves strategy games, uses our Mac currently for Command and conquer etc.,but will most likely use this for research etc on the net too and possible game play there too.  I need advice on a system that will have adequate graphics etc, something middle of the road that can be upgraded (but not really needed to be:)) and not the cost of college. Suggestions?  Thanks.

Actually when asking for configs for 'bang for the buck' type deals, its best to provide the following for us:

Edited by SunfighterLC - 25 Apr 2008 at 10:07pm

Carrie, you could always start a thread and ask for help, but I think Ed may be right. For people that do not have a firm basis in tech knowledge, sometimes the forums can be confusing as much as anything else.

You could also ask for Dave when calling Digital Storm. He's been gaming on a budget for years, and enjoys a fairly wide variety of games.

Hi Carrie, I see you are looking for a computer for your son. Well I have a nice system that I just configured. Its well more then enough for todays standards. It's also fairly light on the pocket also. :) If you would like to browse the configuration you can go to DigitalStormonline.com. Then look at the top right hand corner. You will see "Load Ticket Number". Just visit that link and enter this ticket number"Ticket Number: 149813".  Once you have entered that. It will load up the configuration I have pre-configured, so that you can browse it and make changes as you please. Hope this has helped.

If you have any questions Feel free to give us a call. Call Toll Free: 1-866-81-STORM (1-866-817-8676)

Carrie, i would be very comfortable with these guys building you what you need.They are not the type of company that tries to sell you everything under the sun.We have two systems threw them and they were very good at getting us the best bang for your buck.You wont get that anywhere else.I suggest what everyone else here says "Call Them And You'll See What I Am Talking About"

Hi Carrie, hope all is well.  I can definitely offer you some suggestions, I noticed you said that your son likes Command and Conqueror.  The requirements for that game isn't really that high.  I am sure however; down the line that he will want to play games that are higher in requirements my suggestion to you is to go with an AMD system, it offers great value.  They start at 1300, but you can customize the configuration.  My configuration that I have in mind has a an AMD 9550 Quad Core Processor with an Antec 900 Case, 2x250GB Hard Drives in RAID 0= 500GB Total. I would recommend also a 750a SLi motherboard 2x1GB=2 GB of Corsair DDR2 800 Memory, a DVD Burner and a 9800GTX Video Card, the config price for this system also includes 550 watt HX Powersupply.  Your looking for a price range of about 1183.

Love the warranty.

Are you guys out of the 965"s?

Just give us a call, we'll provide you a more accurate answer depending on your configuration, etc...

Not at this time but, but we do accept credit cards. Feel free to contact us directly and we'll be more than happy to work out a solution for you.

best to contact them directly

Does the following apply to laptops too?

- 24-hour stress test on your: processor, memory, and video card(s) (total of 72-hours)

- Benchmarking to ensure your system is operating at the performance it is configured for

 

Do laptops need to be benchmarked?

Edited by Unlicensedhitman - 28 Aug 2010 at 10:05pm

We practically run the same stress-tests on our laptops as we do on our desktops.

I am new to the site and the forums so I really have not had much experience with the company yet and I may change my opinion at a later date, but this is my experience so far.

The shipping time frames are extremely loose, to say the least. I ordered my computer 11 days ago and got put into Stage 1 nine days ago. I specifically chose the ODE 3 because it said that because it was pre-configured, it should take much less time to ship out. I was hoping to get my computer by some time this week (two  weeks after I ordered it) so I chose the option that seemed the quickest (among other reasons, including performance). At this point in time, eleven days after ordering it, I am still in the stress-testing phase and I just received an email saying it should ship within 4-7 business days.

Hypothetically, if it does ship within 7 business days from now, that would mean that, assuming shipping only took three days, it would arrive on the 17th - more than three weeks after I ordered the system that "ships within 4 days."

I am very aware that at no point in time was the ship date or time a guarantee, and at every corner I was told it was just a rough estimate so I can't expect any more than that (I was just hoping to, considering the pristine reputation of the organization). Had I known it would have taken weeks to get my computer shipped, I am not sure how my purchasing decisions would have been affected but I can say for sure that I would not have gone with the computer I did because the deciding factor was the supposed expedited shipping process.

I called and was informed that it has been delayed so long because of a massive number of orders, and that is perfectly understandable. However, in the future, I would appreciate some kind of a notification that instead of being shipped in the '4 days' that were suggested while I was contemplating purchasing from Digital Storm, my system would, in fact, be shipping weeks later.

I was referred to this site by a two of my friends who were highly impressed by the quality of their systems but were not pressed for time (which I am) when ordering. Hopefully when the system eventually arrives I will be so impressed with the quality, skill of workmanship, and power that I will forget entirely about the delay. Time will tell!

It is super deal !!!

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